It apparently needs to be pointed out to anyone searching for the Northern Shrike that the grasslands at Floyd Bennett Field are a protected area. Visitors are forbidden to walk across them. You can read about the Grassland Restoration and Management Project here:
http://www.nycaudubon.org/projects/gramp/ There are several signs posted throughout the area stating such. The reason that I am posting this note is because today I observed a photographer walking back and forth across Field C looking for the shrike. When the shrike is present it is easily viewed from the adjacent pavement. This inconsiderate individual also risked chasing the bird away so that the other people present who were searching from a safe distance would have had little chance of finding it. The guy drives a dark Honda, license number CBK-6926. If you know this man, please advise him that it would be in everyone's best interest if, in the future, he behaved more responsibly. I also posted a video of him at this link: http://youtu.be/k2Ga1Pa1c9I Good (and responsible) birding, Rob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
